Randolph Community College: North Carolina Photography School

Circa Gallery Features Work of RCC Photography Students Jan. 15- Feb. 5

ASHEBORO (January 8, 2010)

The photographs of 33 Randolph Community College Photographic Technology students will be featured in an art exhibition titled "Open Eyes" from Jan. 15 to Feb. 5 at the Circa Gallery in downtown Asheboro.

A Patron Preview and Artist Reception will be held on Friday, Jan. 15, from 5-8 p.m. The event is free and the public is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served.

The students involved in the exhibit are all second-year students from all four concentrations: Biocommunications, Commercial, Photojournalism, and Portrait Studio Management. Students were allowed to submit three images of their choosing for consideration for the show, said Greg Stewart, Commercial and Artistic Production Division chair and photography instructor. The project was independent of their classes.

Stewart said the theme, Open Eyes, "reflects the wide range of photographs in the exhibition. Our students learn to always be alert to photographic possibilities by keeping their eyes open and their imaginations engaged."

The Circa Gallery is located at 150 Sunset Avenue. For more information about the exhibition, e-mail circagallery@gmail.com or call the gallery at 336-736-8015.

Students exhibiting and their hometowns are as follows:
Aberdeen: EJ Duplessis
Apex: Jeff Basladynski
Asheboro: Alice Dull, Ashley Freed, Adilene Lopez, Kara Meader, Becky Parker, Adam Pinnell, Maria Rodriguez, Renee Swanson, Bonnie Thompson, Constance Ulrich
Cary: Sarah Cooper
Chapel Hill: Maciek Krzysztoforski
Charlotte: Nina Montalto
China Grove: Rebecca Helms
Davidson: Gail Kiser
Edenton: Hannah Jones
Fuquay-Varina: Emily Miller
Graham: Alex Elder
Greensboro: Starla Ward
Lexington: Spencer Reudelhuber
McLeansville: Jessica Deal
Pittsboro: Scarlet Jovin-Fisher
Raleigh: Kristin Backhaus
Ramseur: Justin Mower
Randleman: Jacqueline Willis
Sanford: Jason Baker
Seagrove: Lindsey Gettig
Seneca, S.C.: Paige Morris
Star: Samantha McCaskill
Troy: Justin Saunders
Wilmington: Tiffanie Keaton